Wednesday, August 27, 2008
And now the explaination for yesterday's post...
I was really surprised, only one person confronted me on it... (reality check) I guess not too many people read this thing!!! Anywho, The statement when plainly read says, "God don't let me lean on your grace" but that is just it, You have nothing else to lean on, but his grace... The meaning behind what I'm saying is "God don't let me excuse my actions with the the blanket statement (God forgives)"... you copy now? The truth is we will never achieve a level where we don't need God's grace in our lives, daily, however we shouldn't turn a blind eye to our blatant wrongdoings and then just saying, "God forgives"... although we are "in good hands"... this ain't Allstate. God's grace isn't license or "insurance" to do what we want and say, "Yeah... God forgives". Something I think is all to present in most of our lives. Kevin hit the nail on the head last night in accountability, and this is the Jonathan interpretation, you can't understand the depth of god's grace, until you understand the depth of your sin. Something that I think I should reflect on...
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Cheap Grace from his classic "The Cost of Discipleship":
"Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession.... Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate."
Costly grace is the treasure hidden in the field; for the sake of it a man’ will gladly go and self all that he has. It is the pearl of great price to buy which the merchant will sell all his goods. It is the kingly rule of Christ, for whose sake a man will pluck out the eye which causes him to stumble, it is the call of Jesus Christ at which the disciple leaves his nets and follows him.
"Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock. Such grace is costly because it calls us to follow, and it is grace because it calls us to follow Jesus Christ. It is costly because it costs a man his life, and it is grace because it gives a man the only true life. It is costly because it condemns sin, and grace because it justifies the sinner. Above all, it is costly because it cost God the life of his Son: “ye were bought at a price,” and what has cost God much cannot be cheap for us. Above all, it is grace because God did not reckon his Son too dear a price to pay for our life, but delivered him up for us. Costly grace is the Incarnation of God."
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